The Thompson was the only submachine gun in mass production in any of the allied nations during the early days of World War II. Great Britain made good use of the many thousands of Thompsons ...

Military collectibles from World War II have surpassed their status as mere artifacts and become tangible snippets of history ...

As the war in Western Europe began reaching its inevitable conclusion, German efforts to expedite arms production led to some ...

Though the history of the Thompson submachine gun predates World War II, it didn’t see significant use until then. It is a trailblazer for automatic firearms, which were sometimes avoided during ...

The PPSh-41 was designed during the late 1930s and went into Soviet service in 1941, at the outset of World War II. Its robust and basic design lent itself to mass production, so essential for ...

The Thompson submachine gun and the M3 submachine gun, two classic submachine guns (SMGs), helped American GIs win World War II. Both fired the same powerful and ever-beloved .45 ACP (Automatic ...

The basis for the weapon was the Chinese Type 50, a blowback, open bolt submachine gun, but with its heat ... highly effective Soviet PPSh-41 of World War II. After having to settle for only ...

One of the highest fire rate SMG in COD: WWII that allows you to move around freely with quick reload; however, the magazine will drain after taking out 2 enemies. Waffe has its own set of ...

The U.S. Army went into World War II with the M1928A1 Thompson submachine gun, which fired the same .45 ACP round as the M1911A1 pistol. Towards the end of the war the Thompson was supplemented by ...

While more flexible assault rifles have mostly superseded weapons like the PPsH on the frontline, the submachine gun remains a symbol of the Soviet struggle in World War II, a deadly tool that ...

The best Warzone PPSh 41 loadouts take a powerful gun and make it better, playing up all the various strengths of the WW2 SMG and making it into something very powerful. The PPSh-41 is capable of ...

The Owen 9mm submachine gun had an unlikely start as a cylinder-fed .22 caliber carbine. (Photo from Wikimedia Commons) With the development of automatic weapons and the massed modern armies of ...